I am reminded today that we have to sometimes experience unpleasant things in our lives in order to appreciate when something good happens. We can’t know how good the good is unless we have known some degree of its opposite.  After days of hot, very humid weather, a cold front has brought in cool, dry, refreshing air.  To open the windows wide and let that flow through the house made me very happy after days of not even wanting to step outside.  Likewise, after a couple of days of feeling tired, down and maybe even a little hopeless, it is good to remember that I wouldn’t be able to recognize this feeling had I not known its opposite of energy, elation and promise of a bright future – and do know that this is what I can look forward to tomorrow if I so chose. My daily inspired thoughts.